Win: Jim Ohman (4-1) Loss: Dick Martini (0-1)
Save: Ad Harkness (6)
Inning: 1 Houston Gary Bell pitching. Bill Herbert strikes out. Guillermo Avalos grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Cormier walks. Jason Shaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Merv Jackson pitching. Wayne Bannister hits a home run. Katsumi Mise walks. Pierce Pearson strikes out. Scott Kosman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Gary Bressler singles to right field. Gary Bressler steals second. Fred Beck flies out to the left fielder. Joe Butler flies out to the center fielder. Chris Malloy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Rick Bell grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Heffner hits a home run. Bill Bradley singles to left field. Luke Taylor strikes out. Gary Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Merv Jackson walks. Bill Herbert singles to center field. Guillermo Avalos walks. Dave Cormier grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Merv Jackson scores. Bill Herbert advances to third on the play. Guillermo Avalos advances to second on the play. The defense is playing the corners in. Jason Shaw singles to right field. Bill Herbert scores. Guillermo Avalos scores. Gary Bressler grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jason Shaw is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Fred Beck hits a home run. Gary Bressler scores. Joe Butler singles to right field. Chris Malloy doubles to center field. Joe Butler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Merv Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Wayne Bannister singles to center field. Katsumi Mise singles to center field. Wayne Bannister advances to third on the hit. Pierce Pearson singles to left field. Wayne Bannister scores. Scott Kosman lines out to the second baseman. Rick Bell flies out to the right fielder. Ray Heffner hits a home run. Katsumi Mise scores. Pierce Pearson scores. Shigeo Fukuchi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Bradley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Bill Herbert grounds out to the shortstop. Guillermo Avalos strikes out. Dave Cormier hits a home run. Jason Shaw flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Luke Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Bell strikes out. Wayne Bannister grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Gary Bressler flies out to the center fielder. Fred Beck grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Butler reached on a 2-base throwing error by Scott Kosman. Chris Malloy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Katsumi Mise walks. Pierce Pearson walks. Scott Kosman lines out to the second baseman. Rick Bell flies out to the left fielder. Ray Heffner singles to right field. Katsumi Mise scores. Pierce Pearson advances to third on the hit. Bill Bradley singles to center field. Pierce Pearson scores. Rick Carter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Luke Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Rick Carter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Herbert flies out to the center fielder. Guillermo Avalos walks. Dave Cormier lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Gary Bell strikes out. Wayne Bannister grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Katsumi Mise pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jason Shaw hits a home run. Gary Bressler flies out to the left fielder. Fred Beck pops out to the catcher. Dick Martini comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Joe Butler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Pierce Pearson singles to left field. Scott Kosman walks. Rick Bell grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Pierce Pearson advances to third on the play. Ray Heffner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Chris Malloy singles in front of the center fielder. Hector Hartgraves is pinch hitting for Rick Carter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chris Malloy steals second. Hector Hartgraves flies out to the center fielder. Bill Herbert lines out to the third baseman. Guillermo Avalos walks. Dave Cormier walks. Jason Shaw grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Atlanta Jim Ohman pitching. Bill Bradley singles to left field. Luke Taylor grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Dick Martini flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Gary Bressler singles to left field. Fred Beck pops out to the second baseman. Von Dawson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Joe Butler singles to center field. Chris Malloy singles to left field. Gary Bressler scores. Joe Butler advances to third on the hit. Kazuya Ogo is pinch hitting for Jim Ohman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kazuya Ogo flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Butler scores. Bill Herbert grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Chris Malloy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Ad Harkness pitching. Scott Archer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jason Shaw at RF. Wayne Bannister flies out to the left fielder. Katsumi Mise grounds out to the second baseman. Pierce Pearson hits an infield single to the pitcher. Scott Kosman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pierce Pearson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 9 Atlanta total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Chris Malloy (1).HR - Dave Cormier (3), Jason Shaw (2), Fred Beck (3).SF - Kazuya Ogo. Baserunning: SB - Gary Bressler (1), Chris Malloy (3).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Lopez did not respond to coaching in arm Frank Leinhauser improves in contact_vs_righty George Brinkman improves in power_vs_lefty Belden Chaplin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Al Lopez did not respond to coaching in 1B
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Metzger improves in power_vs_righty Ty Meakim improves in power_vs_lefty Ty Meakim did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dale Roarke improves in arm Ty Meakim did not respond to coaching in RF